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Gr 3 Up—Consider a time when most people did not travel beyond the place where they were born. No television and internet meant that they would know little of the larger world. Picturing that existence makes it easier to understand why the arrival of a traveling show could cause such excitement. A giant? A dwarf riding an elephant? A trained bear and chimp? Platt takes readers into this earlier time, making it real enough to smell the hay and peanuts. Babe, close to seven fe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More